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PINCHFIELD FARMGERMANY

Since Mr. Fredrick, the owner of Pinchfield farm, represents Adolf Hitler, the farm itself represents Germany. Rumors of the exotic and cruel animal tortures Frederick enacts on his farm are meant to echo the horror stories emerging from Nazi Germany. Frederick’s agreement to buy the timber represents the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression treaty, and his subsequent betrayal of the pact and invasion of Animal Farm represents the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

FOXWOOD FARMWESTERN POWERS

Foxwood farm represents the Allies; western capitalist countries such as the United States and Britain. Foxwood is a larger but thus more unkempt farm, which the novel describes as "a large, neglected, old-fashioned farm, much overgrown by woodland, with all its pastures worn out and its hedges in a disgraceful condition". At the book’s end, Mr. Pilkington, the owner of Foxwood, offers a toast to the future cooperation between human farms and Animal Farm. He also says he plans to emulate Animal Farm’s low rations and long work hours. Allied countries explored the possibility of trade with the Soviet Union in the years leading up to World War II but kept a watchful distance. Ominously, communist principles had strong proponents among many Allied nations as well. Pilkington’s unwillingness to save Animal Farm from Frederick and his men parodies the Allies’ initial hesitance to enter the War. After the end of World War II, the Cold War was ignited between the US and the Soviet Union. Napoleon and Pilkington’s poker game at the end of the book in which they simultaneously play the Ace of Spades suggests the beginnings of a power struggle that would later become the Cold War.

THE FARMHOUSEThe Kremlin

Home of Mr. Jones (the Czar), the farmhouse represents the Kremlin. After the revolution, there were some that wanted to destroy the farmhouse, but it was decided to preserve it as a museum. The Kremlin was saved in a similar manner after the Russian Revolution. In the early days of the USSR there were sightseeing tours through the Kremlin. Eventually, Napoleon (Stalin) decided to take up residence there.

THE KREMLIN

The Moscow Kremlin (Московский Кремль), sometimes referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basil's Cathedraland Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). It is the best known of kremlins and includes four palaces, four cathedrals and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of Russia.